Tumble-a-thon raises funds for Dixon family
Gymnastics Divine of Dixon organizes a tumble-a-thon on July 1 at Dixon Airport during Petunia Festival Kids Day to aid the Ackert family for daughter Katie’s medical needs. Participants pledge for one minute of feats, with postcards sent after to show tricks completed and payments due.
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Gymnastics Divine
Dixon
Carl
Deb Ackert
Katie
Deb DeLancey
Ackerts
Beth
Josh
Matt
DeLancey
Sterling
Red Cross
Kishwaukee College pre-school rates rise this fall
The Kishwaukee College board votes to raise full day pre-school tuition from 12.25 to 13.25 dollars and hourly fees from 1.75 to 2 dollars starting with the fall term. The change affects Men attending the program and reflects higher operating costs.
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Kish
Kishwaukee College
College Board of Trustees
Judge weighs reversal of deputy's firing appeal
Carroll County Circuit Court Judge John Rapp Jr. heard Friday a request by former Lee County Deputy Carol Weiser to overturn her firing by the Lee County Sheriff's Merit Commission. Weiser claimed the commission erred in its Oct. 3, 1988 ruling that she stumbled and suffered no injury after a Sept. 9, 1987 incident. she argued witnesses and medical testimony showed a causal link to ongoing back pain. The judge will review the merit hearings transcript before ruling, with a decision expected in weeks.
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Carroll County
John Rapp Jr
Lee County Sheriff's Department
Carol Weiser
Weiser
Lee County Sheriff's Merit Commission
Compton
Merit Commission
Lee County Circuit Court
Rapp
Stanley Jakala
Berwyn
Jakala
Lee County
Tim Bivins
Bivins
Thomas F. McGuire
McGuire
Donald Borah
Rorahs
Conan Cox
Petunia Festival Night Mixes Music Ice Cream Patriotism
June 30 activities fuse a Dixon Municipal Band concert with patriotic music and a casual by the courthouse lawn ice cream sale to benefit Girl Scouts. Jeff Kuhn praises a calmer festival tempo while Tom Whitcombe highlights new arrangements of America the Beautiful and Red Skelton’s tune. Bob Cecil will conduct The Stars and Stripes Forever at 8 p.m., linking the Viet Nam Memorial Wall opening ceremony with tribute to fallen and missing veterans.
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Petunia
Dixon
Petunia Festival
Jeff Kuhn
Sue Schrock
Schrock
Tom Whitcombe
Carmen Dragon
Whitcombe
Red Skelton
Bob Cecil
Stars and Stripes
VietNam Memorial Wall
Cecil
Yellowstone
Southeast Asia
ComEd weighs challenge to NRC $50,000 fine
Commonwealth Edison will wait until the final day to decide whether to pay a 50 thousand dollar NRC fine for October reactor Unit 1 cooling system incident. Spokesman Paul Callighan said the decision hinges on whether to protest. NRC public affairs officer Jan Strasma noted the issue is that cooling became inoperable. If protested, NRC could take weeks to months to decide to keep or reduce the penalty.
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BYRON
Commonwealth Edison
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
ComEd
Paul Callighan
NRC
Jan Strasma
Callighan
Strasma
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